Job Rate

Job rate is defined in the Act as "the highest level of compensation, which includes wages, salaries and benefits".

Full-Time and Part-Time Work

Positions in which employees work full-time and part-time can belong to the same job class if they have the same compensation schedule, salary grade or range of salary rates, and meet the other tests for job class.

However, in many cases, part-time employees have different job rates than full-time employees because they do not have the same benefit schedule. As a result, part-time and full-time employees are usually in separate job classes.